Michele,
If your monitor is white when disconnected and dark when connected it may be ok. Adjust the brightness on the monitor as it will be different on different systems. If that doesn't work you might try the below.
Be certain that you have installed all of the motherboard mounting stantions when you originally put everything together. This is important for grounding purposes as many motherboards are very sensitive to this.(They never tell you this)
After this  I would disconnect everything...all cables and power connectors...except case power light, ATX power connector, and power supply connector. The key here is to eliminate anything that may be defective or shorting out. At this point all you want to do is have the mobo boot through the video and BIOS, any errors after that are easily corrected.
While you are in the case reseat all of your RAM, although I do not think this is your problem right now.
Good luck,

Jeff 

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  From: Dave Jones 
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  Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 8:53 PM
  Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] No display


  A shot in the dark, but assuming the video card & monitor are OK and you
  installed the motherboard yourself, make sure it's NOT touching the case on
  the bottom.  I've had that happen and that's exactly what I got.  If not,
  then suspect the motherboard.  Don't discount the cables for HD/Floppie are
  backwards also.


  Dave Jones
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  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Michele" <[log in to unmask]>
  To: <[log in to unmask]>
  Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 9:44 AM
  Subject: [PCBUILD] No display


  Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me troubleshoot a new computer I am building
  for my daughter.
  m/b- D1170-A (fujitsu-siemens)(onboard sound and video)
  cpu- Intel Celeron 800mhz (socket 370)
  RAM- pc100 64mb sdram (x2)

  So far, I have not connected anything else,as there is no display, and so no
  access to the bios.
  All components are new,including case and power supply,  and the mainboard
  lights up, but that's as far as it goes. I have tried 2 new processors so
  far.
  When I disconnect the monitor, I get a white screen, so a connection is
  being made somewhere.
  I have checked and double checked the switches.

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